Slowly the great vessel got under way. The American cruiser was already low on the horizon. There was a single shot from the King's Own: a reverberating farewell!
Hollingsworth Chase turned away at last. There were tears in his eyes and there were tears in those of Mr. Bowles.
"Bowles," said he, "it's a rotten shame they didn't think to say good-bye to old man Skaggs. He's in the same grave with us."
CHAPTER XXXV
A TOAST TO THE PAST
The middle of June found the Deppinghams leaving London once more, but this time not on a voyage into the mysterious South Seas. They no longer were interested in the island of Japat, except as a reminiscence, nor were they concerned in the vagaries of Taswell Skaggs's will.